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mark·ing

(mär′kĭng)

a. A making or giving of a mark.

b. A mark or marks made.

2. A mark or pattern of marks on an organism: a snake with colorful markings.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

marking

(ˈmɑːkɪŋ)

1. a mark or series of marks

2. (Biology) the arrangement of colours on an animal, plant, etc

3. (Education) assessment and correction of school children's or students' written work by teaching staff

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mark•ing

(ˈmɑr kɪŋ)

n.

1. a mark or marks.

2. a pattern of marks or colorations, as on a plant or animal.

3. the act of one that marks.

marking

pastry wheel, pastry jagger - A pastry wheel or pastry jagger is a handled tool with a thin sharp wheel, used for marking and cutting rolled-out dough.
stocking - A white marking on the lower part of a horse's leg.
on the dot - Probably a reference to the minute hand of the clock being exactly over the dot marking the given minute on the dial.
hilum - The scar on a seed marking the point where it was attached to its seed vessel.

marking

To maintain contact on a target from such a position that the marking unit has an immediate offensive capability.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

marking

Staying within playing distance of an opponent.

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Noun	1.	marking - a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" mark, marker earmark - identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal brand - identification mark on skin, made by burning symbol - an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product assay-mark, authentication, hallmark - a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity postmark - a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing watermark - a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light broad arrow - an arrowhead mark identifying British government property milepost, milestone - stone post at side of a road to show distances peg, pin - small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. pip, spot - a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) label - an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object cairn - a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
	2.	marking - a pattern of marks pattern, design, figure - a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors" blaze - a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes" crisscross, cross, mark - a marking that consists of lines that cross each other eyespot, ocellus - an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color shading - graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting maculation, patch, speckle, dapple, fleck, spot - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" streak, stripe, bar - a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave"
	3.	marking - evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do" scoring, grading evaluation, rating - act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
	4.	marking - the act of making a visible mark on a surface decoration - the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive) lineation - the act of marking or outlining with lines mottling - the act of coloring with areas of different shades striping - the act of marking with stripes

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marking

[ˈmɑːkɪŋ]

A. N

1. (= mark) → señal f, marca f; (on animal) → pinta f; (= colouration) → coloración f

2. (Brit) (Scol) → corrección f (de exámenes, deberes etc)

3. (Ftbl) → marcaje m

B. CPD marking ink N → tinta f indeleble
marking pen N → rotulador m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

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In our diagram the line of succession is broken at regular intervals by small numbered letters marking the successive forms which have become sufficiently distinct to be recorded as varieties.

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That he had no fear of or desire to avoid responsibility for his acts he grimly evidenced by marking with a dagger's point upon the foreheads of those who fell before his own sword the initials NT.

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To the untrained eye the collection of delicate originals made by the human finger on the glass plates looked about alike; but when enlarged ten times they resembled the markings of a block of wood that has been sawed across the grain, and the dullest eye could detect at a glance, and at a distance of many feet, that no two of the patterns were alike.

"Now then," said Wilson, "I have here the natal autographs of the two children--thrown up to ten times the natural size by the pantograph, so that anyone who can see at all can tell the markings apart at a glance.

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[USPRwire, Thu Jan 03 2019] To ensure accurate markings and measurements on the sports field, manufacturers are focusing on developing effective marking equipment.

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figure By BENSON MATHEKA The marking of this this year's Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination will start this week.The Nation has learnt that examiners from all over the country arrived at 19 marking centres on Saturday to prepare for the marking.

All set for start of 2018 KCSE exam marking at 19 centres

After exams are sat and handed in, a careful process of working out where to set grade boundaries, depending on how hard the paper was and differences in the cohort taking it, takes place before marking.

GCSE grade boundaries 2018: How many marks you needed to get grades A* to G this year and last; You needed 10 more marks to get a B in English language in 2018, compared with 2017

This is where innovative, laser-based parts marking solutions can come into play.

Increased recalls in the automotive industry: How vision-based laser marking ensures uncompromising traceability

Also featured was new equipment for laser marking and engraving and an electrostatic charger for in-mold labeling (IML).

New materials & equipment for decorating in & out of the mold

The best marking technique is to just stay with the player with the ball.

A canon for soccer defense

That little marking tells you it meets the standards for wood packaging materials.

As the worm turns

Tire manufacturing, in particular, has necessarily taken leadership in many advancements in product marking technology.

Traceability and scrap reduction in extruded products

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